§ 21-0305. Commissioners; cooperation by departments and officers.

1. In pursuance of article four of said compact, there shall be three
members (hereinafter called commissioners) of the Ohio River Valley
Water Sanitation Commission (hereinafter called commission) from the
state of New York. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the senate, shall appoint two persons as two of such commissioners, each
of whom shall be a resident and citizen of the state of New York. The
terms of such commissioners shall continue to be for six years. Each
commissioner shall hold office until his successor shall be appointed
and qualified. Vacancies occurring in the office of any such
commissioner for any reason or cause shall be filled by appointment by
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for the
unexpired term. The third commissioner from the state of New York shall
be the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation of the state of New
York ex officio, and the term of any such ex officio commissioner shall
terminate at the time he ceases to hold said office of Commissioner of
Environmental Conservation, and his successor as a commissioner shall be
his successor as said Commissioner of Environmental Conservation. With
the exception of the issuance of any order under the provisions of
article nine of the compact, said ex officio commissioner may delegate,
from time to time, to any deputy or other subordinate in his department
or office the power to be present and participate, including voting, as
his representative or substitute at any meeting of, or hearing by, or
other proceeding of the commission. The commissioners serving on the
effective date of this article shall continue in office until the
expiration of their terms, or until their successors have qualified, or
until otherwise ceasing to be commissioners pursuant to law.

2. Any commissioner may be removed from office by the Governor upon
charges and after a hearing, but opportunity to be heard shall be given.

3. There is hereby granted to the commission and the commissioners
thereof all the powers provided for in the said compact and all the
powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in
every particular. All officers of the state of New York are hereby
authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective
provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out
of said compact in every particular; it being hereby declared to be the
policy of the state of New York to perform and carry out the said
compact and to accomplish the purposes thereof. All officers, bureaus,
departments and persons of and in the state government or administration
of the state of New York are hereby authorized and directed at
convenient times and upon request of the said commission to furnish the
said commission with information and data possessed by them or any of
them and to aid said commission by loan of personnel or other means
lying within their legal powers respectively.